PaulThePlug Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) VW... Volksvargen or WoloxWagon... Edited March 16, 2022 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 hours ago, PaulThePlug said: VW... Volksvargen or WoloxWagon... I believe the correct pronunciation in German is fau vay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. I believe it's spelled as it sounds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Of course there is the opposite case….. Squier. Normally pronounced correctly, not always spelled so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 16/03/2022 at 20:42, PaulThePlug said: VW... Volksvargen or WoloxWagon... As I understand, it's Folks-vargen - the 'o' in folks is short as in 'doll'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 The only one of the original list of Rich's that i know for sure is Wal is not WAL, with pronounced A, or WALL as in brick WALL. Its pronounced WOLL. Ian Waller started the biz, and is name is pronounced WOLLER. So the Wal bass is WOLL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) The worst pronunciation by Americans has to be JAGWAR, like it was a French car. I mean for cliffs sake, it has a big cat on the front for the hard of thinking. Edited March 18, 2022 by fleabag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 minute ago, fleabag said: The worst pronunciation by Americans has to be JAGWAR, like it was a French car. It is actually closer to how it is 'supposed' to be pronounced. It is a Latin American word, should be HAG-waar, with a rasp on the H. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I dont think William Lyons had the Latin American pronunciation in mind when he kicked off the company, otherwise we would have been calling them Hagwaar since 1922 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 It still doesn't alter the fact that the way the Americans pronounce it is closer to how it should be pronounced, even if it isn't the way it is usually pronounced in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Paul S said: It still doesn't alter the fact that the way the Americans pronounce it is closer to how it should be pronounced, even if it isn't the way it is usually pronounced in England. Which leads onto words like lieutenant and Loughborough (lowgahborowgah? ) As far as I can remember from conversations with teachers with an interest in these things, British spellings and pronunciations are the product of deciding a language by committee, taking into account every tribe's idiosyncrasies and having every dialect represented in some form or other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueno Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I always pronounce Jaguar the Pink Floyd way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, Trueno said: I always pronounce Jaguar the Pink Floyd way. The English way? With a hint of quiet desperation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, ezbass said: Which leads onto words like lieutenant and Loughborough (lowgahborowgah? ) As far as I can remember from conversations with teachers with an interest in these things, British spellings and pronunciations are the product of deciding a language by committee, taking into account every tribe's idiosyncrasies and having every dialect represented in some form or other. Quite right. Which is why William Lyons called his cars Jaguars, not Jagwars or Hagwaars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 The correct name is 'Jaaaaaaag', as any fule kno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 The only Jaguar I ever drove was pronounceed Daimler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Asparagus, seems straightforward and one way to pronounce it, right? Ooh no. Watching the TV some years back, we were treated to a Scottish gardener who pronounced it - áss-per-aar-gus, I was so open mouthed at the time, the TV might’ve fitted in - sideways! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 15/03/2022 at 15:09, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: moog = mogue (rhymes with vogue) I know it is pronounced that way but I still pronounce it moog, to rhyme with.. umm.. moog, not mouge. On 15/03/2022 at 15:09, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: hotone = hot tone Nope, that gets pronounced as Hoe Tone! On 15/03/2022 at 15:09, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: mooer = moore (as in patrick moore) Nope.. I do that as Moo er.. as in, one who moos And don't get me started on wenge.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: hotone = hot tone Nope, that gets pronounced as Hoe Tone! 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: mooer = moore (as in patrick moore) Nope.. I do that as Moo er.. as in, one who moos 1 hour ago, Woodinblack said: And don't get me started on wenge.. That one's easy: when gay Edited March 18, 2022 by Jean-Luc Pickguard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 2 hours ago, ezbass said: Asparagus, seems straightforward and one way to pronounce it, right? Ooh no. Watching the TV some years back, we were treated to a Scottish gardener who pronounced it - áss-per-aar-gus, I was so open mouthed at the time, the TV might’ve fitted in - sideways! I used to work with a chap who would pronounce the well known brassica brock-oh-lye We're no longer in touch of course 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: Yeh, well what would they know? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 On 16/03/2022 at 03:29, Cato said: With regards to the basses I they're probably getting it right. I live quite near Warwick and back in the day hearing Americans say War Wick castle was an endless source of amusement to me and my school mates. It was years before I realised that without prior knowledge there's no way in the world anyone's going to guess that the second 'w' is silent. Let's ask an expert. Renwick. 'Rennick' or 'Wren Wick'? The Duke of Marlborough resides at Blenheim Castle. Renwick is in 'Marlbrah', up the road from 'Blennim'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 32 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said: Let's ask an expert. Renwick. 'Rennick' or 'Wren Wick'? The Duke of Marlborough resides at Blenheim Castle. Renwick is in 'Marlbrah', up the road from 'Blennim'. Try Trottiscliffe, pronounced Trozlee Or one from Orkney: Rothiesholm, pronounced Rowshum (the first syllable is row as in argument). Beauchamp pronounced Beecham, Belvoir pronounced Beever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 How about coriander? Americans pronounce it cilantro for some reason 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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